mercoledì 24 novembre 2010

Suzuka

I stayed a couple of days in Kyoto:
the first one I went to the "one-thousand tori" Fushimi Inari Taisha,
where You walk up a hill passing hundreds and hundreds of torii-gates;
on the top You have a great view of Kyoto.
 


The second day it was raining, so I had a rest in the hostel,
and in the evening I went to Kiyomizudera Temple:
it's open in the night only in autumn, and illuminated,
so the coloured leaves of the trees make a wounderful scenery,
and You can see Kyoto Tower in the landscape by night.



Yesterday I was moving to Nagoya, sunny but cold day. I stopped to warm up in a "convenient store" (called here "conbini") just before Suzuka, where I wanted to visit the circuit!
I did not know if it was open, and I wanted to reach it before the sunset, but I was a little bit late...some raindrops on the mountains to cross, on the very crowded Route 1 from Kyoto to Nagoya...
So I have seen there were motorbike practice during the day (because on sunday there will be a race...)
shit I missed it!
But not everything comes bad...being so late, I found the circuit gate open, and...I entered!
I asked to ride a lap in the famous circuit to a kind japanese worker, and to be italian sometimes is very useful! I had to follow the car, but take a look...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8jw3BoiiQY